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Papa Legba

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Papa Legba

Summary

Papa Legba is a Loa[1]. He ranks in the top 10% of loa entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (764 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Papa Legba's religion is recorded as Candomblé[3].
  • Papa Legba is recorded as male[4].
  • Papa Legba's instance of is recorded as Loa[5].
  • Papa Legba's coat of arms image is recorded as VeveLegba.svg[6].
  • Papa Legba's said to be the same as is recorded as Elegua[7].
  • Papa Legba's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0mhr6[8].
  • Papa Legba's feast day is recorded as January 14[9].
  • Papa Legba's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[10].

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Personal Life

Papa Legba's religion is recorded as Candomblé[3].

Why It Matters

Papa Legba ranks in the top 10% of loa entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (764 views/month).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Papa Legba. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/papa-legba
MLA “Papa Legba.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/papa-legba.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_papa-legba_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Papa Legba}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/papa-legba}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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